Winifred Bird

Winifred Bird is a freelance journalist based in northern Illinois. From 2005 to 2014, she lived in rural Japan, where she wrote about forests, agriculture, and other environmental topics. Her writing and photographs have appeared in Yale Environment 360, Dwell, NPR, the Japan Times, and other national publications.

Magazine Society & Environment

The Tree Guardians of Kyoto

The Japanese monastic tradition of forest stewardship goes back centuries.

By Winifred Bird, Photographs by Jean Chung

Fall 2017

Magazine Body & Mind

The Counselor

Japanese priest Ittetsu Nemoto has made suicide prevention his life’s work.

By Winifred Bird

Spring 2014

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The Power of Awareness and Compassion to Transform Our World

Thupten Jinpa, the Dalai Lama’s long-time English translator, explains how Buddhist contemplative wisdom can lead to greater emotional balance and address contemporary challenges in large-scale systems from education to healthcare.

Interview with Thupten Jinpa by the Mind & Life Institute

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Buddhism by the Numbers: Oregon

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Winter 2021

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Jon Aaron

Nov 2021

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